Covalent structures and bonding
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Covalent bonding is one of three types of strong chemical bond.
It is important to distinguish giant and molecular structures with covalent bonding.
Substances such as diamond, graphite and silicon dioxide consist of giant structures with continuous networks of covalent bonds. They are very different from molecular substances with weak intermolecular forces between the molecules.
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